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Worker killed in Yokohama train accident

Yuli Tri Suwarni The Jakarta Post Bandung

An Indonesian worker was killed in a train accident on Monday evening in Yokohama, said the head of the West Java's Manpower and Transmigration Office.

Sukarto Karnen said the body of Didin Rapiudin, 24, a resident of Majelengka, West Java, arrived in the country on Tuesday at 5 p.m. He cited Japan police reports that detailed the main probable cause of Didin's death. The accident occurred at 8:20 p.m.

"Didin had worked for three years and his contract was about to end in January," Sukarto told members of the West Java Council commission in charge of labor issues.

The victim had worked at the concrete company Taisei Aichi Ileon, he said.

Didin left for Japan in 2000 with 400 other workers from West Java to work in an apprenticeship program under Japan's Association of Small and Medium Industries and Indonesia's Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration.

Sukarto said there are currently 3,000 Indonesians from West Java working in Japan.

Didin's family will be compensated for their loss, he said.